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| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | Ther. | Rems: Tuesday 22nd. July 1788 | Observations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 7 | " | EBS | West | " | The Gales so very heavy and Sea so high that we cannot steer our Course being obliged to keep before the Sea. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 48¾° | It now became highly dangerous to run any longer I therefore lay too under a Reefed Fore Stay Sail and a Mizn Staysail, & Lowered the Lower Yards half Mast down. I had scarce got every thing done before we experienced as heavy a Storm as ever blew Hail and Sleet, the Sea also exceedingly high. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | N | WBN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | NNW | WBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 44½° | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 4 | NBW½W | By a Violent Blow from a heavy Sea on the Quarter the Man at the Wheel was thrown over and was much bruized. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 44½° | All Night a Fire was kept in and the People could sit tolerably well by it & dry Cloaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6 | NNW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 44¾° | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | The violence of the storm began now to abate, and 'tho still blowing exceedingly hard was bearable to what we had suffered in the course of the Night. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 46° | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 4 | " | " | " | Bore away under a Reefed Foresail with a high Sea and a hard Gale. Gave my People a Hot Breakfast of thick Gruel mixed with Portable Soup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 7 | ESE |
At 22h..35′ Latd. 38°..56′ So Longd. T:K = 61..38 Et | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | SEBE½E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | WSW | 49½° | The Gale still moderating. Empd all the Forenoon drying and making the People as comfortable as possible. Bright intervals of Sun Shine with Some Squalls of Sleet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79 | Meridian. Altd. Center | 31°..01′ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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